Pete Zafra
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
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Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Know thyself.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
You create your reality.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Love like there is no tomorrow.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
How do you live ?
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
A simple I love you means more than money.
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
You had me at hello.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give pulse for pulse, breath for breath. Speak low, lean low, as long ago, my love, how long ago.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb ? That depends on whether it has medical insurance.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Love never claims, it ever gives.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
You sing-a high.
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. Love is all there is.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years, and every little absence is an age.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Children are all foreigners.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
The book you don't read cant help.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.